How to: Create and manage Blog channels

A blog channel lets users create and share customizable posts, often for product feedback or awareness. Brand collaborators and community members can include text, images, and videos, fostering engagement through comments and likes.

How does it look

It looks like a traditional blog, featuring customizable posts with a banner image at the top. The banner size is mandatory, set at 640x200px. If the image doesn't meet these sizes, it will be cropped automatically. 

Create your Blog channel

Channel configuration

1. Log into your admin account 
2. Go to the "Config" tab, then channels on the top left of the page
3. Click on add channel on the top right of the page
4. Choose the channel type from the menu
5. Add your Channel Name
6. Add your channel icon if needed (16x16px in SVG format)
7. Add the description of your channel (in the subtitle section)
8. Add your channel banner for desktop & mobile (640x200px for desktop and 360x140px for mobile)
9. Add the visibility of your channel
   

Advanced configuration

For more details on the configuration of these sections, please check this article

Your channel on your community

Your channels appear on the left banner of your community, you can organise them by categories in the back end so they can appear in the order you want 

Members interractions on the channel

Members can post, comment, tag products, and/or sahre content as per the guidlines and conditions you set during the channel creation.

Contests on a Blog channel

You can create contests linked directly to a blog channel, allowing you to engage your audience with time-limited competitions. During the contest period, the entries will be displayed in the "Ongoing Contests" section, and once the contest concludes, it will be automatically archived on the associated blog channel for future reference and visibility.

For more information on how to create and manage competitions, please check this article